A New Jersey woman is suing Embassy Suites and the Hilton hotel chain for negligence alleging she was raped in her Des Moines hotel room in April 2014 after staff gave a key to her room to a man she didn't know.The woman's lawsuit filed in June in New Jersey was transferred Tuesday to federal court in Des Moines.She said she was awakened in her room on April 10, 2014, to a man touching her leg.She had rebuffed advances from Christopher LaPointe for two days in the hotel restaurant and bar.She reported the attack to Des Moines police. LaPointe pleaded guilty to sex abuse and burglary charges last year. He's serving a 20-year prison sentence.The attorney for Embassy Suites and Hilton declined to comment.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

A New Jersey woman is suing Embassy Suites and the Hilton hotel chain for negligence alleging she was raped in her Des Moines hotel room in April 2014 after staff gave a key to her room to a man she didn't know.

The woman's lawsuit filed in June in New Jersey was transferred Tuesday to federal court in Des Moines.

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She said she was awakened in her room on April 10, 2014, to a man touching her leg.

She had rebuffed advances from Christopher LaPointe for two days in the hotel restaurant and bar.